T480 used - only supports M.2 Sata not NVME

[krsamy2022]

Recently I bought a used T480. It got a 250MB M.2 SATA SSD. When I tried to install a Intel 1TB M.2 NVME SSD, it is not getting recognised in the adaptor board. But a 480 GB M.2 WD green sata SSD, is recognised. SO are there 2 different versions of these adaptor boards one for sata and another for NVME? Thanks for any help

[BillMorrow]

hello and welcome to the forum..
M.2 SSD NVME, oh so many acronyms..
480GB..? never heard of such..
512gig, 1TB, 256gb yes..
maybe you answered your question yourself..
i did some research on these when i started to get X1 carbons and X1 extremes..
different and different sockets on the system boards..
i know this is not an answer but it might be a direction to look..
when i need an SSD i go to amazon and look around, i suspect there is amazon in india..

[Saucey]

On the PSREF it'll sometimes say *some* have NVMe compatibility, while others have SATA. However I always presumed this just meant it came with a SATA or NVMe SSD, as previous PSREFs would say something similar if an older machine came with a spinning HDD or SSD.

[axur-delmeria]

What is the FRU part number of the adapter?

[esens11]

Recently I bought a used T480. It got a 250MB M.2 SATA SSD. When I tried to install a Intel 1TB M.2 NVME SSD, it is not getting recognised in the adaptor board. But a 480 GB M.2 WD green sata SSD, is recognised. SO are there 2 different versions of these adaptor boards one for sata and another for NVME? Thanks for any help

i think/hope this post should answer your question (since I wondered the same thing about this device):
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T ... =2#4526983

[OneByteCPU]

The WWAN slot will take either M.2 SATA or NVMe. But it's only 2 lanes.

The adapter that goes in the 2.5" bay may be specific to one or the other but I don't think so. I've seen these on eBay cheap and if you want to run NVMe that is the way to go as that adapter supports 4 lanes rather than the two the WWAN slot supports. Mine has NVMe cards in both places with no issues.

[revjasper]

If you've not solved this yet, here's a suggestion: Head into the BIOS and set SATA operation from RAID to ACHI.

I had this same problem with a Lenovo Yoga 6 (the blue jeans one) and even went as far as returning the NVMe drive that I'd bought. That one change was all it took for the system to see the drive.